E whakaatu ana ēnei kauwhata e rua i te ia o te kaipupuri whare o te Māori ki te taiwhenua me te tāone. I waenga i ngā tau o 1926 me 1981 ka heke te tokomaha o te hunga whai whare. I te tau 1951 ka papatahi te tatau ki te 50 ōrau. Mai i te tau 1951 ki te tau 1966, ka kake te hunga pupuri whare ki ngā tāone.  Mai i te tekau tau 1970, ka heke haere te rahi o ngā pūtea āwhina mō te hoko whare.

He nui tonu anō te hunga Māori e noho kore reti ana ki ngā takiwā taiwhenua. I hua tēnei āhuatanga i te hunga kaimahi ahuwhenua, nā te tāpiritanga o tētahi whare ki tā rātou mahi.